ShareThisHow E-Verify program works:
1. An employer registers to use E-Verify through U.S. Citizenship and Information Services at www.dhs.gov/e-verify.
2. After reading and signing a Memorandum of Understanding, the employer takes an online tutorial to use the Internet-based system.
3. The employer then enters information from a newly hired employee's I-9 form into E-Verify.
4. E-Verify checks the identifying information against the Social Security database and a number of U.S. Department of Homeland Security databases.
5. If the employee is confirmed, he or she is authorized to work.
6. If the employee's information doesn't match, the employer notifies the person of the "tentative non-confirmation."
7. The employee has eight working days to contest the finding with the Social Security Administration and/or the Department of Homeland Security.
8. If the employee does not or cannot resolve the issue, he or she receives a "final non-confirmation," and the employer must terminate employment.
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Information Services and U.S. Government Accountability Office
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, www.scrippsnews.com.)
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